On Food Investigators tonight, Dr Renee Lim researches ice-cream - why
does it now have so many ingredients, what are they and why are they
necessary. She'll also be looking at how much Australia is eating - is
four serves a week too much for our nation's health?

The Heptinstall family spend a week eating like great grandma's family in the 1940s. What can we learn in these tough times about how mum, dad and the kids
coming together for real family meals makes a real difference? We also investigate whether chicken soup has curative properties, and reveal how every time you step into a major super-market you are being taken on a
carefully planned psychological ride designed to mess with your mind
and stimulate your senses.

From domestic kitchens to high tech factories, from farmers markets to
supermarkets, Dr Renee Lim will be out and about finding exactly what
Australians are eating. Assisted by food scientist Joe Avati and a team
of top dieticians - Geraldine Georgeou and Hanan Saleh - the 'Food
Investigators' use cutting edge science to take us through food
debates, health scares and uncover exactly how our food is made.

On episode seven of Food Investigators: Red Hot Chilli Peppers, we
examine the amazing health benefits of the fiery fruit from South
America. Host Joe Avati takes on the hottest chilli in the world, the
King Cobra of chilli's which rates one million on the chilli heat
scale, and we explain that the burn is not a burn at all. It's all in
your mind.

'Gluten free' has become the latest food fad, with products popping up
everywhere in cafes cake shops and supermarkets. But is going gluten
free any better for us, or is it all a matter of marketing hype to
convince us that it's the healthy alternative? Our dietitian Geraldine
Georgiou investigates.

Choosing your daily bread these days can be a complex and confusing
decision, with entire supermarket aisles full of choices. So what’s
best for you out of the wholemeals, wholegrains, whites, enriched
whites, ryes... and the list goes on. And are those hand-baked artisan
bakery breads worth the extra dough?

In tonight’s episode we answer the 36 billion dollar question, is fat
mainly to blame for making more than 60% of Australians overweight or
obese? In an earlier episode we discovered that sugar in our diet isn’t
the major culprit for the country’s obesity problem, so what role does
fat play? And what’s the difference between saturated, polyunsaturated
and trans fats? Which are the good ones and which are to be avoided?
Joe Avati has the facts on fat.